Public Adjusters and Attorneys are an integral part of protecting Florida homeowners. Public Insurance Adjusters and Property Damage Lawyers will often work together to help maximize the client’s insurance claim recovery. Both the Public Adjuster and the Attorney have separate but crucial roles to play in the insurance claim process.

Prior to purchasing homeowner’s insurance, you need to honestly answer a few questions to make sure you but the correct type and amount of coverage. Although you should always seek the advice of a professional insurance agent when selecting coverages, you will ultimately need to give thought to the below questions as you go through…

After a loss, an insurance company will often mandate that the policyholder complete and sign a form called a Proof of Loss regarding the damages claimed by the policyholder. A Proof of Loss is a one page form (possibly with attachments) that is usually provided to the policyholder by the insurance company.

Although the terms Actual Cash Value and Replacement Cost Value are not commonly used outside of property insurance disputes, they can have a substantial effect on the amount of money you receive from your insurance company after a loss.

After your insurance company determines that your insurance policy provides coverage for your loss, the insurance

After a hurricane, storm or other disaster, you hoped that your property insurance company would honor your claim and pay for your damages. After all, you purchased homeowners insurance with the expectation that, if a catastrophic loss ever occurred, your insurance company would provide for the repair of your property back to its pre-loss condition. …

When dealing with a hurricane or tropical storm, surviving the weather event is often only the beginning of the battle. The insurance company’s constant nit-picking of your claimed losses can drive you bonkers – especially while you are trying to put the rest of your life back together. Then, just when you think you may…

After a flood or other substantial water event, flood insurance policy holders are often surprised to learn what is covered by their flood policy – and more surprisingly, what is NOT covered under their flood insurance policy. As I have written about before, flood insurance is totally separate from homeowners insurance, and both provide…

Policyholders are often shocked to learn that the loss settlement check they receive from the insurance company is payable not only to the policyholder, but to their mortgage company as well. Homeowners insurance policies are broken down into several types of coverage – whether for the building, personal property, liability, alternative living expense, or …

Most people believe that when they buy homeowner’s or commercial property insurance that they will be covered for any damage that may occur to their property. Unfortunately, as many people have painfully learned during recent flooding events, the normal policy of homeowner’s property insurance does NOT provide coverage for damage caused by “rising water” or…

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K.C. Williams is a trial lawyer who specializes in insurance claims, personal injury claims and wrongful death claims. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an elite group of trial attorneys who have won results for their clients in excess of one million dollars.

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Williams Law Association, P.A. provides representation to its clients in insurance disputes, claim denials, under-paid claims, bad faith claims, and insurance coverage disputes throughout the State of Florida.